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This page has a collection of very interesting facts and stats. If you know of any such information, please email us and we will post them ASAP.

Most Career Main Event wins for CRA...
Dean Thompson with 103

Most Main Event Wins in one season
Bubby Jones, with 18
Dean Thompson, 16 in 1980 & 1981
Bob Hogle, 14 in 1963

Most Main Event Wins in a row
Rick Goudy... 5 in a row in 1978
Dean Thompson 5 in a row  in 1980 & 1981
Lealand McSpadden   5 in a row in 1992 & '93

Most CRA consecutive main event laps lead in a row...
Bubby Jones 100 in 1981

Most CRA Main event laps lead in one season...
Bubby Jones  381 in 1981

Most Consecutive Top Ten Main Event Finish's
Mike Sweeney with 36 followed by Ron Shuman with 22

Most CRA Main Event wins for a Car Owner...
Alex Morales Racing with 155
Bruce Bromme with 142
Ben Kazarian with 63

Most CRA heat race wins...
Dean Thompson

Most Heat Race wins in one Season... 
Dean Thompson, 22 heat race wins in 1981

Most Consecutive Heat Race Wins.
Dean Thompson, 6

Most CRA Trophy Dash Wins...
Jimmy Oskie, 56

Most consecutive Trophy Dash Wins, 
John Redican, 5 in a row in 1987

Most Trophy Dash Wins,
John Redican, 10 wins in 1987... tied by Jerry Meyer in '89

Most Fast Times in one season,
Brad Noffsinger, 30 in 1987

Most Consecutive Fast times, 
Dean Thompson with 7, from July 5 to Aug 2, two of them a new track record (Chula Vista & Santa Maria) in 1980.

Longest Season Point Leader from opening race, 
John Redican, Feb-June 1990

Most Championships
Jimmy Oskie 5

Most Consecutive Championships,
Ron Shuman 4

First woman Main Event driver in CRA ... 
Marie Schneider , Ascot 1976

First Woman CRA car owner...
Kay Feemster, 1951, Driver was Nick Valenta

The only 2 time CRA Most improved driver
Mike Kirby in 1988 & 1993.

Last Winner on Asphalt... 
Davey Hamilton in the Tamale Wagon at Tucson, took the win from Lealand, his teammate on the last lap.

Last Winner on Dirt...
Lealand McSpadden in the Tamale Wagon at Bakersfield.

Youngest CRA Main Event Winner on Asphalt.. 
Jeff Gordon at age 18... Dec. 3, 1989 at Mesa Marin
 
Youngest CRA Drivers to win on Dirt... 
Brad Noffsinger at age 19.
Mike Mosley at age 19 in 1966.
Steve Howard at age 20 on May 26, 1975 in Greg Cunningham's Chevy. It was the first win for both Howard and Cunningham.

-Thank you to SCRAnews for the information. 

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